Headshots: how to shoot passport photos social media profiles and other informal portraits

Shooting headshots with two flashguns

Adding a second flash to your lighting set-up gives you extra options.

Position your main light first to determine the light on the subject, and then you can introduce a second flash to give more lighting options.

You can also use your second flash as a background light – position the flash behind the subject to produce a pool of light on the background around the subject; attach a piece of black card to the flash to create a funnel or ‘snoot’.

A classic two-flash set up has one light on the subject and the other on the background